Machine for making match cards



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'UNlT ED STATES PATENT OFFIC Application filed February a, 1926. Serial m. 07,043.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for making match cards, and more particularly match cards such as are adapted or use in the manufactured match books,

5 or book matches so called. In the trade a match card comprises a series of splints united to a common base from which they are torn off as needed, and in recent times such cards are usually enclosed in a cover. My invention relates to the manufacture of the match cards without regard to their-subsequent use. A greater part of the match cards are at present manufactured from paper stock, and the are cut usually by passing the paper through dies having meshin parts, which push a part of the splints into the grooves of one die, while apart lie in the other. This system operates fairly well on paper, although the cuttingis rather ragged, and in the attempt to cut wood veneers this wuythe result is entirely unsatisfactory, as the wood veneers and the splints are imperfect. Moreover in this system of cutting, the stock stri s are long enou h-for a plurality of cards w ich are cut usually one by one from the strip. 1

My invention is intended to obviate these difliculties, and produce a machine which will turn out match cards much more rapidly than j at present,'and will cut smoothly so that the splints are actually better and far more attractive in appearance; In carrying out this idea I use a stock feed which carries the stock strips through the machine, and provides series of knives which cut'through the stock with a drawing cut so as to leave the splints I entirely smoot ments are as well adapted for cutting wood veneers as forcutting paper or otherstock. Moreover by this ment I arrange in cutting means in such a way that the stoch strips are severed into cards at the same time the splints are cut, and finally the cards are placed in the dipping carrier and separated therein so as to in position for-convenient covering at a later operation.

In some respects my present invention is an improvement on and a development of the structure shown in m application for Letters Patent of the United States Serial No. 80,250, filed January 9th, 1926.

' In general my invention is intended to produce a machine which will make match cards better and far more rapidly than they have heretofore been made. p

and therefore my improve- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, inwhich similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation on the line 1--1 of Fi re 4, showing the initial position of the stocfeed. .1

Figure 2 is-a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the stock feed in another position.

Figure 3 is an elevation also corresponding to Figure 1 but showing the match cards in the action of having the splints separated and the cards introduced in the carrier.

Figure 4 is a broken plan view of the ma- I chine with parts removed.

Figure 5 is a broken cross section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail section showing the stock in the action of being engaged by the cutting means,

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 but showing the further progression of cutting.

Figure 8 is a view slmilar to Fi res 6 and 7 but showing the completion of the splint cuttin igure 9 is a broken cross section on the line 9--9 of Figure 1.

Fi res 10 and 11 are detail sections showing t e action of the presser foot in shaping thecard preparatory to its insertion in the carrier. v a

Figure 12 is a section on the line" 12-12 of Fi re 3. 3 V .f i h .i re 13 is a rs tive view 0 a mate card i ith the spliii ts ifline, and

Figure 14 is a detail view but with the splints separated for dipping.

..In this type of machine the cards and s lints are cut from strips of stock 10 (see igures ,3 and 4) which are long enoughto form a plurality of cards, and the width of which corresponds to the length of the splints and connected base. 'These strips are cut into cards 11 having splints 12 which are united at one end to a common base 13 from which they are torn one b one and used after they have been formed nto matches. The conventional cardsvare shown in Figures 13 and 14. Referring to Figures 1 to 3 I have shown the machine provided with conventional feed rollers 14 and 15 and with a carrier 16 which is also conventional, and has holding means 17 for the individual cards.

e structure is mounted in a suitable frame 18 which'caii be of any approved design, and

the stock strips 10 are fed one behind the other u n a table 19 (see Figures 1, 2 and 3) with t e strips extending transversely of the machine. The table 19 has preferably an inturned inner end 20 (see Figure 1), and the stock strips 10 as they are pushed over the edge of the table, fall upon the stock holder which has an inclined bottom 21 and is formed by a recess in the pusher plate 22 which reciprocates back and forth in the machine in a horizontal manner, and which can be moved in any approved wa I have shown the pusher plate connecte by bolts 23 to a slidln carriage 24, and as shown in Figure 2 the bolt connection can be through large holes to provide for a'certain amount of adjustment of the pusher plate on the carriage. The carriage as illustrated reciprocates in horizontal tracks 25, and it is moved by pitmen 26 which can be actuated in any usual way. The foregoing structure is not *here claimed as novel except for. the arran ement of the holder on the pusher plate, as believe it is new to'have the holding'fcess formed with an inclined bottom 21 and with means for scoring the cards, as presently described.

As the pusher plate 22 moves inward 1n the machine and towards the carrier 16, it

carries a stock strip 10 into engagement with the blades 28 and 29 which are arranged in the path of the stock feed and which are preferably of the kind illustrated where the blades follow one another, being united to a common body 30. The blades could have a single edge instead .of a double edge as shown, if preferred. These blades are in spaced relation the width of a match splint apart, and can be held in any approved way in the path of the stock, but a convenient means is shown where they are attached to a cross head 31 having its under side recessed as shown at 32 to receive the blades, and a flange 33 in the cutter head serves as a backing for the inner ends of the blades. The cross head is attached to the frame by bolts 34, and the blades 30 are further fastened through bolts 36, while they are spaced by spacer blocks 35 which are placed between t e blades-as shown in Figure 5. Thepnsher plate 22 is slitted longitudinally as shown at 27 in Figure 5, so that the blades 28 and29 can re 'stei' with the slots, and the -inclined stock older at'the end of the pusher plate has wedge shaped ribs 37 which are spaced a art the width of the match splints and w ich have their thinner ends placed inward so that the stock 10 lying on the ribs 37 as in Figure 1 will be inclined, with the outer end raised and the inner end pitched below contact with the blades 28 and 29. The object of having the holder inclined at top and bottom, that is at the top surface of the ribs 37 and at the bottom of the grooves between the ribs, is to provide for t e easy and eifiduced in this way look cient separation of the splint ends, as .presently described.

' The holder on the pusher plate is also provided just in advance of the ribs 37 with a transverse shoulder 38 raised slightly with reference to the bottom of the stock holder 21, so as to score the splints transversely at the point where they join the base 13 of the cards, to the end that the'splints maybe torn oil easily, and the presser foot 39 which is used in connection with the stock holder of the pusher plate has a similar shoulder 38' Attention is also called to the fact that at spaced intervals are blades 30' which are in series with the blades 30, but which are deeper, and these blades 30 are spaced apart the width of a match card so that as the stock is pushed through the machine, the blades 30 havin the double edges 28 and 29 will cut the splints, while the inner edge of the stock strip as shown in Figures 6 to 8 will pass below the cutting blades, but the longer or dee er'knives 30' will extend into the path of t e whole stock strip and thus sever it into cards. I have found in actual practice that the character of the stock used in cutting card matches is such that m improved means of cutting can be carrie out efliciently and without clogging, as the stock whether paper or thin wood veneers yields sufliciently to permit the knives or blades which are very thin to pass smoothly through it, and as these blades are pitched or inclined, and the stock is also inclined and moves in a plane intersecting at a small angle the cutting blades, a drawing out results, and the cut edges of the splints are left exceedingl smooth, which is desirable in the trade, as t e matches romuch better, an are actually stronger.

When the pusher plate 22 and a stock strip thereon has been carried forward as in Figure 2 so. as to pass the cutting blades, the cards are then engaged by means for. separating the-free ends'of the splints preparatory to dipping, and this can be easily accomplished by a presser foot 39 which moves up and down with respect to the pusher plate andis adapted to register with the recessed end '21 of the usher plate, the presser foot having also 'ri s 40 shaped like the ribs 37 and adapted to fit between them, and obviously there are. grooves between the ribs 40 to receive the ribs 37' of the stock holder. The

presser foot also has a shoulder 38 to score the splints at their junction with the base 13 of the cards, and when the presser foot descends on the cut cards, it will be seen that as shown in Figures 10 and-11, one half the splints will be pushed into the grooves between the ribs 37, while the other half will be pushed into the grooves between the ribs 40 of the presser foot, while the base 13 of the cards will project beyond the stock holder and presser foot, as shown'in Figures 10 and 11, and the machine is timed so that as the cut cards assume this position, the pusher plate 22 will be advanced to the point of in-- serting the bases ofthe cards 11 in the holders 17 of the dipping carrier 16, as shown clearly in Figures? The pusher plate 22 and the carriage 24 arethen returned to repeat the operation, but attention is called to the fact that at each stroke of the pusher plate, the long stock strip is carried forward, cut smoothly into match splints and match cards, and the cards inserted in the carrier with the splint ends separated ready for dipping. In this way I not only get better match cards and splints, but the operation of producing them 1s tremendously accelerated over the ordinary practice. The pressure foot 39 as illustrated can be actuated in any convenient way, and I have shown a means similar to that illustrated in my priorapplication above referred to for op -g erating it, although in the prior case the presser foot is not like this here-shown. The presser foot can be ided in any convenient way, and it is movefip and down by links 41 and 42 which are pivotally connected to it at the ends, and which are also pivotally connected to rocking levers 43, these being pivoted near the center on the shaft 44, while the rear ends of the levers are upturned, and carry rollers 45' on a shaft 46. The inner ends of the levers 43 are also upturned and carry rollers 47 onashaft 48. The rollers 47 and 45 are in spaced relation, and are in the path of shoes 49, on the under side of the carriage 24, these shoes being rounded at the ends as shown at 50 so that they will act like cams, Thus asthe carriage moves inward with its pusher plate and stock, the endsof the shoes 49 striking the rollers 45 will tilt the levers 43' in a manner to raise the presser foot 39, and as the carriage advances the stock will have been cut by the cuttin mechanism described, and the inner ends of t e shoes will strike the rollers 47,.and the outer ends of the shoes will have pressed the rollers 45, so that the, levers 43, will be tilted and the presser foot 39 moved down to act on the cut stock as already described. At the same time that the presser-foot completes the depression of the s lint ends, the bases of the several cards will have been inserted in the holders 17 of the carrier, which, by the way can be any holding means, andI have simply shown the conventional holder. a

It is desirable to have the cards separated slightl from each other in the dippm car:

, rier, t iat is in the holders 1? thereo 1 for this reason. The tra e prefers to have the covers for thecards slightly wider than the '7 cards, and if the cards are separated in the dipping holders, then they are in. position to obviate the need of any further adjustment.

cards ready the order of their inclination can be readily ascertained by one operating the machine,

and-as the cards are carried through thev wedges or fins 51, these serve to space the for ejecting into their covers later on.

From the'foregloing description it will be clearly seen that have provided means for cutting match cards faster and better than heretofore, and it will be understood that many of the details of construction can be departed from without alfecting the invention, the important thing beingto have the stock strips carried forward by the stock feed and held in relation to the cutting means so that the splints and cards Will'be all cut atnnce from the strips, the cutting effected in ina drawing manner so that the edges of the,

out parts may be smooth, and the out splints pressed into shape to separate their free ends. t will also be understood that-any suitable carrier can be used for dipping the splint h ad I v 1 I claim 1 1. A machine for making match cards co'm'- prising a stock 'feed having an inclined stock older with splint grooves therein,a series of thin space'dblades disposed, so as to, en-

gage and cut edgewisethrough the stock for a part of its width thereby forming splints, and a member behind the blades grooved to mesh with the grooves in the holder and arran ed to press upon the out stock in the hol er. 7

2. A machine for making match cards comprising a stock feed having a holder for carrying sheet stock, said holder having grooves therein the width of a match splint apart, a series of thin spaced blades dis posed to engage and cut edgewise through the stock for a portion of its width thereby cutting match splints, and a presser foot behind the blades 'ooved to mesh with the holder and movafi de with relation thereto, whereby some of the out splints are ferced'into the holder grooves and some into the oovesof the resser foot thereby separatmg the splint ends,

3. A machine for making card matches comprising astotzkfed having a holder with splint receiving grooves for ca-rryingsheet stock, a sericsof spaced thin'bla'des in the pathof the stock disposedto engage and cut be ejected in such relation to the covers as to.

edgewise through the stock for a portion of itswidth, and a grooved Presser foot behind v the blades meshing with the holder whereby the cut splints are forced into the grooves of the holder andpresser foot.

4. A machine for cutting match cards com- 7 prising a stock feed having an inclined grooved holder for sheet stock, a series of thin spaced blades in the path of the stock, some disposed to cut through the stock for a portion of its width and others to cut through the prising a stock feedhaving meansfor carry- 'ing sheet stock generally cdgewise to its cutter and a cutter having thin spaced blades in the path of the stock, with. some of the blades dis iosed to clear the advancing edge portion of mainder, and others of said blades being arranged to cut through the full width ofthc stock. L

6. A machine for making match cards having thin inclined blades the width of a match splint apart forming a unitary cutter, a stock holder in a plane parallel withthe blades support, the blades. and stock .liolder being slidable with relation to each other, and means for su porting a steel; strip; the stock holder wit one ed e p'ortionfout of the plane of the blades and the body ortion in the plane of the blades whereb .t c said edge portion is uncut and the b0 y portion is out th ughinto splints. g I

7 A machine for making match cards comprising stationary thin inclined blades spaced apart the width of a match splint,a

stock holder movable opposite and in a plane parallel with the blades, and means forsup porting a stock strip on the stock holder with one edge portion out of the plane of the blades and with the remainder of the stock strip in position to be cut through by the blades.

89A machine for making match cards comprising a' series of thin stationary inclined blades spaced apart the width of a the stock and cut through the r ematch splint, a stock holder reciprocating o posite and in 'aIplane parallel with the b ades, and means for supporting apstock strip in the stock holder with the forward edge portion of the stock strip below the plane of the blades and; the remainder .of the strip in the lane of the blades.

9. A mac ine for cutting match cards comprising a seriesof statlonary thin inclined'blades spaced apart the width of a match splint, a stock holder reciprocating in a plane parallel'with the blades and havin an inclined stock su porting face withmatc splint grooves therein, the stock holder being positioned to hold a stock strip with the for- "ward edge out of the plane of the blades and a. verticall movable resser foot behind the blades an having ri match splints and force them into the grooves of the stock holder.

10. A machine for making match cards comprising a stationary series ofthin spaced inclined blades the width of a'match splint apart, a reciprocatin stock holder movable in a plane parallel wit the blades and having means for supporting a stock strip in an inclined position with one edge projecting below the plane of the blades, said stock holder having splint grooves therein, a resser foot behind the bla' s movin back an forth with relation to the stock ho derand having ribs to force alternate splints into the grooves-of the stock holder, and means for scoring the formed splints at their junction with the uncut edge of the card. I 11. In a machine for makin match cards, the combination with the cuttm blades, the reciprocating stock holder hav ng a and forth with relation to the stock holder, of means carried by the stock holder and presser foot for scoring the match splints at their junction with the uncut partn'f'the card. I In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 8th day of February, 1926.

SAMUEL E. RAHE.

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